LA MADRE DEL FIORE
“LA MADRE DEL FIORE”
Roberto Faidutti
“LA MADRE DEL FIORE altoforno Matakam” of Roberto faidutti witnesses the traditions of some African populations who retained primitive practices of iron processing, gathered from fallen meteorites.
In the Matakam village (in the north of Cameroon) there still were blacksmiths who remembered the practices and the rituals of fusion, connected to the fertility of their society: e.g. the production of the “flower” (iron clusters) was compared to conception and birth.
The photographic corpus used in this book, come from Roberto Faidutti’s archive: he travelled in Africa for thirty years.
Dimensions: 16x23 cm
Languages: Italian and English
150 copies (out of which 20 deluxe version, hard cover, accompanied with a recording of Matakam’s ritual chants)
all copies come with a 50x30 cm poster.
Trade edition price 35 euro
De luxe edition price 50 euro
shipping fees are not included.
“LA MADRE DEL FIORE”
Roberto Faidutti
“LA MADRE DEL FIORE altoforno Matakam” of Roberto faidutti witnesses the traditions of some African populations who retained primitive practices of iron processing, gathered from fallen meteorites.
In the Matakam village (in the north of Cameroon) there still were blacksmiths who remembered the practices and the rituals of fusion, connected to the fertility of their society: e.g. the production of the “flower” (iron clusters) was compared to conception and birth.
The photographic corpus used in this book, come from Roberto Faidutti’s archive: he travelled in Africa for thirty years.
Dimensions: 16x23 cm
Languages: Italian and English
150 copies (out of which 20 deluxe version, hard cover, accompanied with a recording of Matakam’s ritual chants)
all copies come with a 50x30 cm poster.
Trade edition price 35 euro
De luxe edition price 50 euro
shipping fees are not included.
“LA MADRE DEL FIORE”
Roberto Faidutti
“LA MADRE DEL FIORE altoforno Matakam” of Roberto faidutti witnesses the traditions of some African populations who retained primitive practices of iron processing, gathered from fallen meteorites.
In the Matakam village (in the north of Cameroon) there still were blacksmiths who remembered the practices and the rituals of fusion, connected to the fertility of their society: e.g. the production of the “flower” (iron clusters) was compared to conception and birth.
The photographic corpus used in this book, come from Roberto Faidutti’s archive: he travelled in Africa for thirty years.
Dimensions: 16x23 cm
Languages: Italian and English
150 copies (out of which 20 deluxe version, hard cover, accompanied with a recording of Matakam’s ritual chants)
all copies come with a 50x30 cm poster.
Trade edition price 35 euro
De luxe edition price 50 euro
shipping fees are not included.